Trump has received the majority of votes period.
Do you seriously, and I mean genuinely believe that? Do you think that Trump has
majority support within the GOP?
The reason I ask this, is that when the Associated Press was pimping Trump, they'd add all the voters in "winner take all" states, and add them to the "Trump Supporter" category, even when the
majority of GOP voters in that state specifically voted against Trump.
I honestly do not know what the specific number of votes that Trump received was, but I know it wasn't what the AP was publishing, nor what the Trump campaign was bragging about during the last couple of contested states.
It's pretty simple: If Trump actually has the "majority" of GOP voter support,
maybe he has a chance if Democrat turnout is sharply depressed. With Trump running his mouth in all directions, I kind of doubt that meme of low Democrat turn out. If Trump actually has a
minority of GOP voter support, or, if he cannot unite more than a "simple" majority of GOP voters, then he's got no chance at all of winning the election in November, regardless of his opposition. The Democrats are in generally, far more pragmatic and much less doctrinaire about their candidates. (McGovern was an exception to that rule, due to the Vietnam war and 1968 convention (if memory serves)). The Dems will be at the polls, and they won't be voting Trump.
The legitimate conservatives have loads of reasons for rejecting Trump and voting for anyone else to beat him. However, that's irrelevant if he's the "majority candidate" and has the votes in November.
The faux conservative Trumpkins rage against the "real deal" conservatives is indicative that they KNOW the game is over. Trump ain't gonna win, conservatives will NOT unite around Trump to beat Hitlery, and the Trumpkins have no formula, no grand plan, no clue whatsoever, in how to change this. That is probably a reason (other than his nature) that Trump is still raging at his GOP opponents after he has the nomination won.
It's because he hasn't won sh..... um, dung. They can pipe that "joy joy" music all they want, but it's not going to change the verdict in November.
I do envision a theoretical scenario where Cruz endorses Trump, but (a) he won't unless he think's it'll make a difference, (b) Trump will have figure out how to do something to assauge Cruz that Trump will do half of the "conservative" things he's promised, and (c) Trump will have to figure out how apologize and walk back tons of the truly evil things he's said about Cruz, and more personally, to Cruz's family. Moreover, Trump's approach to Cruz would have to win over Cruz's supporters. Another "endorsement" like that of Christie would do Trump more harm than good. Cruz must have credibility to his supporters, or his endorsement of THE DONALD would be meaningless.
Cruz would do it for "God, family, and country", but Trump would not. Cruz would meet Trump half way, but not to elect a progressive GOP President. The pot is so poisoned by this point, in any case, that Cruz's endorsement wouldn't mean much. As some on this thread have indicated, they have principles, and won't compromise them regardless of what a leader that they respect advises.
Trump needs Cruz's endorsement, PLUS Cruz, Rubio, Bush, and other conservative supporters, or he just ain't gonna win. The burden is on Trump to produce the Cruz endorsement, no one else.
